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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are different kinds of dark.
back
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
barbed
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
beds
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
cellar
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
common
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
corners
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
dark
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From this reading There are different kinds of dark.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are different kinds of dark.
entanglement
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
everyday
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
exactly
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
felt
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
fog
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From this reading There wasn’t a sign of moon or stars, and there _was_ a fog.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
hold
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
house
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
just
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
kind
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
kinds
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From this reading There are different kinds of dark.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
light
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
lights
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
like
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
moon
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From this reading There wasn’t a sign of moon or stars, and there _was_ a fog.
Nantucket
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
night
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are different kinds of dark.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There wasn’t a sign of moon or stars, and there _was_ a fog.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
pushed
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
pushing
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
ran
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
sign
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From this reading There wasn’t a sign of moon or stars, and there _was_ a fog.
solid
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From this reading That was a special, sticky, _solid_ dark.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
special
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From this reading That was a special, sticky, _solid_ dark.
spooky
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
stars
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From this reading There wasn’t a sign of moon or stars, and there _was_ a fog.
started
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
sticky
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From this reading That was a special, sticky, _solid_ dark.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
There
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From this reading There are different kinds of dark.
there's
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
town
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
tried
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was a special, sticky, _solid_ dark.
wasn't
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From this reading There wasn’t a sign of moon or stars, and there _was_ a fog.
way
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From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It felt exactly like we were pushing our way through something that pushed against us and tried to hold us back.
wire
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From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There is just common, everyday dark, like in a house before you light the lights; there’s the kind of dark there is in a cellar; there’s the spooky kind there is in corners and under beds; and there’s the kind of dark we ran into that night after we left Nantucket town and started for the barbed wire entanglement.
